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I would bet on either Elk River or Rapids getting out of this section this year. STMA and East are wild cards, I'd say. East has a challenging schedule and while they have looked competent against top teams in the state, they haven't beaten any of them. Hard to get a feel for STMA with that terribly...

Looking forward to this one. I'd expect a pretty good crowd. We'll see how well East travels.

East 2
Elks 4

Nice win for Rapids. Asserts the 2 seed as East got shut down by the Trojans. Still, to me, it's a 3 team race for State. Sorry STMA

Wow...Blaine 5, Benilde 2???

Blaine looks to be trending up fast.

Elk River 4
Blaine 6 (eng)
FINAL

Aggressive and successful PK by Blaine. Elks' top defender, Kiersted gets hit hard at end of first period and doesn't come back for rest of game.

TheHockeyDJ wrote:
Elks won 5-4 and one of the goals they were allowed to headlock/bodyslam Gerth to the ice while they shot it in. Worst non-call of the year.

Nice spin. The Elks player was pushed into the goalie by a Rapids forward who came barreling in from the circle. Hence the brilliant non-call.

Anoka 0
Elk River 5
FINAL

Great showing from the Elk sophomores tonight. Quality job by ER sophomore goalie Meyers (and Elks' PK overall) tonight shutting out Anoka despite their multiple power plays. Jax Murray gets a hattie tonight with the help of Zerban, good stuff from the 2nd line.

Rapids owns 7AA and will win State. East had a moral victory over top seeded LVN and Rapids crushed East. Simple math, folks.

Rapids over CEC 6-0, and STMA over Andover 4-2. Should wrap up the 2 seed for Rapids. Meanwhile, Andover is a lock for #7. Appears Forest Lake is sitting at 6. Big games left that will determine 3-5 are East at Cloquet on Feb. 2, and STMA vs. Cloquet the night before the seed meeting. Not necessari...

Bayside Tigers wrote:Just use a bingo ball hopper.

Gonna miss watching these games at the Hippodrome... Where are they going to be played this year?

Quarters and Semi's same as before, between Coon Rapids and Champlin. Looks like Finals will now be at Aldrich, along with 4AA.

At this point, I'm not even sure I could guess section 5AA top seeding...what a mess. Anoka beats MG today, they've also beat Blaine, but they've been beat by Centennial and...Rogers Centennial loses to both MG and Blaine, but beat Anoka. MG beats Blaine and Centennial, but the loss to Anoka Talk ab...

At this point, I'm not even sure I could guess section 5AA top seeding...what a mess. Anoka beats MG today, they've also beat Blaine, but they've been beat by Centennial and...Rogers Centennial loses to both MG and Blaine, but beat Anoka. MG beats Blaine and Centennial, but the loss to Anoka Talk ab...

3-0 Rapids. Elk River- 99.9 percent chance of going to state 100% :lol: I would not be so sure. Given that ER played them on day three of a three day stretch where they played Edina and Eden Prairie the two previous days What's your point? Elk River also played Edina and EP the previous two days. O...

3-0 GR after 2.
Shots even at 16
DE 0/3 on PP

2-0 Rapids after 1.
Shots, 10-4 GR
DE will still have a few seconds on PP into 2nd.

4-2 Rapids Rapids has too much talent, size and upside to continue at the slow pace they're at. Didn't expect them to beat H-Town, but didn't expect the total collapse either. I'm not convinced East is out of the "dog house" themselves even with a couple recent one goal wins over decent te...

Gotta feel bad for Howg. Takes the team to state last year, now benched behind a sophomore goalie as a senior. I would highly doubt that Meierhoff has become the bona fide starter this early. Despite East's win, he still only posted an .850 sv % against Denfeld and his combined sv % over his three ...

Elk River 6 Centennial 1 Final Did Centennial really out shoot them? Or was it home cooking on the shot clock? Benny Meyers looking more comfortable IMO. It didn't seem like the shot clock was correct throughout the game. Meyers has definitely been improving over the last few games. Bit concerned a...

Elk River 6
Centennial 1

Final

TheHockeyDJ wrote:Elk River may have the best player in the state, but I wouldn't hang my hat on a team with bad defense and questionable goaltending.

I wouldn't "hang your hat" on GR then...They have allowed 3.91 goals per game (more than ER ) and both goalies around .840's for sv %.

I thought last year was the year? When they had a top flight goalie. Will believe it possible when it happens, if it happens. As Mike Tice would say "enjoy the season" and watch Jaremko play, he is a special player who returned for his senior year with his buddies. Plenty of time for juni...

Wow, even though I thought Cent would win this, I'm not surprised WBL did. However, a 6-0 shutout??
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Even more surprising, Blaine manhandles EP 8-3?
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Can't seem to figure these two 5AA teams out.

Although I wouldn't give "props" to the Andover student section calling the Elks' Sophomore goalie a p*ssy after taking a puck to the neck, they are probably one of the most spirited student sections in the NWSC (next to Cent and Blaine). As far as the game goes, Andover's Junior goalie wa...

Two comments: 1. Elk River is nuts to schedule 4 games in 5 days. Wouldn't be surprised to see them lose 3 of these games with a Grand Rapids loss due to exhaustion. 2. What is your infatuation with Burnsville? They are 2 - 4 and you still have them ranked in the top 15. Drop them now, and if they ...

Elks shouldn't drop a spot after 2 wins this week. Especially to Wayzata (who they beat) just because Wayzata beat both winless Eagan and Lakeville South. Also Lakeville South at #15 just because they tied Prior Lake seems a bit overrated.